Thursday, July 19, 2007

Whew! What a summer!

We have had a summer to remember! I have not posted in a long time due to the fact that I went into early labor on May 23rd. Unfortunately I was unable to keep the twins inside of me and they were born at 11:22 and 11:23 pm on May 24th at just 29 weeks gestation! As you can imagine they were pretty small, Eliana weighing 2lbs. 14oz. and Elijah weighing 3lbs. 1oz. (Eliana was the first born.) They have spent 47 days in the hospital and just came home a week ago.
We have been staying at my parents house while I recovered from the c-section and we continue to stay with them for the extra help. We have to feed the twins every three hours. Due to the fact that they are still premature (just 37 weeks gestation today) we have to wake them up and they take a long time to eat. On average it takes an hour to feed, burp and change one of them. That is why I need the extra help. If I were to do it on my own it would take two hours, I would have an hour off and then I would have to start the process all over again.
I have to admit I am dreading the day that we go home and I take care of all three of my kids (yes that is still wierd to say) all by myself.
On a good note Kyle got a new job he started on July 2nd. Yes, that means he started a new job amidst all of the caos of going to and from the hospital. They seem to be treating him really well and he is enjoying it.
If anything I ask of people is to pray for us again in the subject of finances. We are going to have quite the hefty hospital bill and due to the fact that Eliana and Elijah were premature we have to buy this special expensive formula. Not to mention the regular cost of diapers and clothing for two babies.
We are eternally grateful to everyone who has helped us out and extremely happy to have the twins home. I will try to blog again and post some pictures.